Less of Jess

Hi all! I was sleeved 5/13/15 by Dr. Pohl. HW 325 SW 286 CW 209 Everything is going well. My Iron deficiency anemia (battled for years before surgery) is gone! Off bp meds, metformin (for pre diabetes), and no more sleep apnea. At my 6 month checkup my Vitamin A level was slightly low, but that was the first time they checked that vitamin, so who knows what it was before surgery! But my latest bloodwork shows it in the normal range. I stalled out pretty bad (even gained some) over the holidays, but I'm back on track now and the weight is dropping again. I'm hopeful to be in onederland before my next GP Dr. visit in March, that would be so awesome!

I had mine out at VSG survey. I also had gall stones and had already passed a stone. Best decision I've made (after wls that is). The only "problem" I've had is occasional diarrhea, which actually helped my pre surgery constipation, and helped prevent the common post surgery constipation!

@@BeckyP123, once my NUT appts and other prelims were done, they submitted my file to insurance. I was approved the next week, then an appt was made with Dr. Pohl to go over the surgery one more time and discuss any findings from the workup. At that point he was scheduling out 1 mo for the appt, then 1-2 months from then for the surgery. And I couldn't book the surgery without speaking to him first in person, so that was annoying. Since I absolutely needed to have the surgery done before July for work purposes, Mary was able to squeeze me into the pre-op appt the next week, instead of a month later. Then after the appt it took a week before they called me with a surgery date, 6 weeks out. So once the NUT appts are done you are likely looking at 2-3 months till surgery. Though I believe that they are hiring a second surgeon soon, so that may cut down on the wait time! Good luck!

@Bubbletoes that sucks! Good for you for sticking with it and dealing with their bs! It'll happen in May!!

I'm so close! 15 days till surgery!!

Anyone looking to get into the may sleevers Facebook group: it is a secret group now so invite only, message me or @CandyCrushVSG with your email address and we can send you an invite.

Eas17, there is one but we keep it on super secret mode to protect privacy. Shoot me your email and I can add you. We have about 67 members currently.

I just did pre op today! First was getting vials and going over medical history and medications with a nurse, then I got an EKG and a couple tubes of blood drawn and then Chest xrays. I also spoke with an anesthesia nurse about preop stuff like no food after midnight and washing with a chlorhexadine scrub the night before. I also signed more papers and got my admission time and directions for surgery day. I had had extensive bloodwork and an EKG done in December, so that was just recheck stuff.

Still collecting members to the may sleevers fb group! 21 members so far! If you'd like to join simply message me @Less of Jess, @jayshann, or @CandyCrushVSG and we'll get you started. Include your email address in the message and we can send you a private invite. We've got the group set at secret to project the privacy of our members, so we can't leave a general invite and you won't find the group if you search for it. That also means that all posts in the group are only seen by group members and the group is not listed in your groups list that your friends see, shhhh... it's secret!

@@bubbly_d private message me with your email address and I'll send you a link to the facebook group! We've got it on secret mode now to protect the privacy of our members, so can only send out invites individually. Hope to see you soon.

Yes May 4th and May 13th seems to be very popular days for surgery!

Any RI peeps looking to be in a group?

Btw, anyone that wants to join the may sleevers fb group, we are now secret, so the link no longer works. Just pm me, @CandyCrushVSG or @jayshann with your email and we can get you in. 17 members so far!

I tried the Celebrate Vitamins too. I found the big ones chalky and the chewy ones had a weird aftertaste. I prefer the Bariatric fusion chewables but you have to take 4 a day. They do include Iron and Calcium though, so no need to take extra of those.